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Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn ? 




ES, weary guest, or travelling man 
Come take your ease, and get all you can. 
If you want to be fed and cared for well 
The thing you need is a good hotel. 



Wherever you travel, you're sure lo find 
Hotels and hotels of every kind. 
But you know there's a choice ; now hear us tell 
What we do for the guests at our hotel. 



' COPYRIGHT,' ' 1886! " " ALL RIGHTS RESERVE d! " " 



A time there was when the wayside inn 
Took in all the travelers, stout and thin. 
There were then but few hotels of note 
And this was the way an old poet wrote ; 




" Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round 
Whate'er his lot on earth has been, 
Must sigh to think he's always found 
His warmest welcome at an inn." 



But " life's round " needn't be dull to those 
Who improve it, as every traveler knows 
By taking it easy and living well 
And making their home at the best hotel. 




There formally was an old idea 
Stupid and narrow, mean and queer, 
That anything, old or hard, or tough 
For a traveling man was good enough. 



The hotels which are kept on such a scheme 
Have faded out like a midnight dream. 
The plan is now to bestow the best 
On permanent boarder or transient guest. 




Instead of scaring a patron away, 
We want to see him some future day. 
We make him happy and cheerful, and then 
He's glad to come, again and again. 



When you jump from the train at the railway station 
You are greeted with riotous vociferation, 
The hackmen are screaming with furious yells 
The names of their various hotels. 




It's plain that you can't begin to go 

To all these hotels; — a dozen or so. 

If you want to come where you're treated well 

Just make directly for our hotel. 



You will find good rooms, with delightful beds 
And quiet repose for your weary heads, 
And when you go home you'll be glad to tell 
How nicely you slept at our hotel. 




You will find on our tables the best of fare 
All you want, and plenty to spare. 
At no place in the world can you live so well 
As at the table of our hotel. 



You will find our service the very best, 
With all things ready at your request; — 
When you touch the little electric bell 
You are promptly answered, at our hotel. 




Whatever you need in the luxury line, 
Horses and carriages ever so fine — 
To cut a dash or to make a swell — 
They are all to be had at our hotel. 



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We greet oui guests with a cheerful smile 
Even if here for a little while ; 
Whether here for a day, or come to dwell, 
You can have what you want at our hotel. 

When you meet your friends who want to know 
To what hotel they had better go, 
Just think, if you please, you are free to tell 
That we know how to keep a good hotel. 



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